He was born August 12, 1925 in Round Grove, Missouri, the son of William Taylor and Edna Iola Hutcherson Waggener.

On December 24, 1952, he married Virginia Ragar in Hannibal, MO. She preceded him in death on April 21, 2003.

He served in the U. S. Army Artillery from April 17, 1948 to April 5, 1952 during the Korean Conflict, and he was awarded 3 Bronze Stars.

Mr. Waggener had been employed by Quincy Soybean Company and Kemner Furniture. From 1955 to 1956 he owned and operated the Mobil Service Station and DX Station. For 22 years he worked for Colt Industries testing and assembling in the machine shop. He enjoyed antiquing with his wife.

Survivors include a brother, Oney Waggener and his wife Helen, Grays Lake, IL; 2 sisters, Betty Jean Waggener, Mobile, AL; Joan Stout and her husband Bill, Hannibal, MO; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife,4 brothers Floyd, Lemuel, Bernard and Roy and 3 sisters Dorothy Genenbacher, Georgia Rottman and Ruth Waggener.

Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm at the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. V. Lee Amsler officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 4 until 6 pm. Memorials made to the American Heart Association in his name would be appreciated.